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Here is my latest paper, published today in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and co-authored with Dr Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles from Manchester University. I would like to thank @OpenUniversity for their ongoing support of my research
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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And I've check my correspondence. @SportandRights claim
"Our invitees represent a diverse range of stakeholders and perspectives, and our sessions are not framed around support or otherwise for any particular motion or policy."
To use a technical term, this is codswallop.
"Our invitees represent a diverse range of stakeholders and perspectives, and our sessions are not framed around support or otherwise for any particular motion or policy."
To use a technical term, this is codswallop.
This is my post to @LinkedIn, if any of you are over there. I hope, though doubt, that @SportandRights will pay some attention. It's pretty shameless, and devalues any contribution that they might want to make in other areas where rights are infringed or violated in sport.
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Tomorrow sees a session on Gender Eligibility at the @SportandRights conference in London. Sadly, they don't want a balanced panel or serious discussion. Here's the line-up:
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The need to discuss arises because @SportandRights takes exactly the opposite view, and won't discuss it.
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This is my post to @LinkedIn, if any of you are over there. I hope, though doubt, that @SportandRights will pay some attention. It's pretty shameless, and devalues any contribution that they might want to make in other areas where rights are infringed or violated in sport.
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Jon Pike retweeted
Stop citing the MA "bathroom safety" study as robust evidence that gender-identity-prioritizing policies pose no safety risk. The study does not and cannot support that conclusion. My new article in @Theory_Society explains why and explores how the study nonetheless became ew it here: rdcu.be/fATts
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So @DailyNousEditor is good for something. I came across this paper by @calliehburt which is well worth your time.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…
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So this is today. The meeting is closed, and won't be streamed. Nonethless, I can confidently predict that no one will mention the rights of Angela Carini.
This is shameful - and should be discrediting - from @SportandRights
This is shameful - and should be discrediting - from @SportandRights
Tomorrow sees a session on Gender Eligibility at the @SportandRights conference in London. Sadly, they don't want a balanced panel or serious discussion. Here's the line-up:
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The comments on this post on @DailyNousEditor are worth checking out (if you're either an academic philosopher, or interested in academic philosophy) The piece is by Talia Bettcher and Jennifer Saul, who respond to the Fine/Rosen report on philosophy. That report said: overall, Philosophy is OK, but on Sex and Gender there is a problem: restrictions, gatekeeping, narrow ideological constraints.
Bettcher and Saul (who have an interest to protect, ofc) protest that there's nothing wrong in that area of philosophy. 'After all, Tuvel didn't get retracted and no one actually demanded that Stock was sacked.'
The interesting thing is that B/S are getting a bit of a doing in the comments. It seems that quite a lot of people actually do think that Tuvel matters, that the harassment of Stock was a big deal, and that Fine and Rosen are onto something.
I do hope that there's a bit of a change here. If @DailyNousEditor publishes an apology for the Great Terror, and it gets pushback, can Thermidorian reaction be far away?
To put it differently, and more tastefully, I think they've lost the room.
Bettcher and Saul (who have an interest to protect, ofc) protest that there's nothing wrong in that area of philosophy. 'After all, Tuvel didn't get retracted and no one actually demanded that Stock was sacked.'
The interesting thing is that B/S are getting a bit of a doing in the comments. It seems that quite a lot of people actually do think that Tuvel matters, that the harassment of Stock was a big deal, and that Fine and Rosen are onto something.
I do hope that there's a bit of a change here. If @DailyNousEditor publishes an apology for the Great Terror, and it gets pushback, can Thermidorian reaction be far away?
To put it differently, and more tastefully, I think they've lost the room.
See also this from Jon Pike @runthinkwrite
"I’m posting under my own name here because I’m male and fairly established. ... I dread to think what it must be like for female ECRs."
dailynous.com/2026/11/09/maj…
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... they must be happy with that, but it is more reminiscent of a political rally than a serious discussion. And this seems odd.
@SportandRights were a *major* promoter of the Framework Document of the IOC in 2021 which is now discredited and abandoned. ...
@SportandRights were a *major* promoter of the Framework Document of the IOC in 2021 which is now discredited and abandoned. ...
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... I would have thought that they'd have at least a strategic interest in thinking through what went wrong, why they went so badly awry. But they are just promoting ideologues for that position, as if nothing has happened.
Each to their own.
Each to their own.
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'Devine’s volume offers a substantial contribution to contemporary sport sociology.'
I appreciate this review despite taking issue with some of the content. It's a serious attempt to engage.
Very welcome.
I appreciate this review despite taking issue with some of the content. It's a serious attempt to engage.
Very welcome.
NEW BOOK REVIEW
«Sex, Gender Identity and Sport» (Routledge), edited by Cathy Devine, addresses the highly contentious debate surrounding sex-based categories in competitive sport. Our reviewer is sport sociologist Alexis Sossa. @tandfsport @cathydevine56
idrottsforum.org/sosale_devine2…
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I agree, it's a decent review and a serious engagement. Some of the points that Sossa raises are a little frustrating, but it represents a new benchmark in sociologists of sport taking (your) GC work seriously and engaging with it. More like this please.
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Jon Pike retweeted
When you’re pushing a dangerously lunatic idea, the first step is to label all opposition to it a ‘panic’. This is a smart move bc the opponents do look like they’re panicking. In fact they *are* panicking, bc they think loads of people have gone insane
Rachel Maddow on the trans-athlete panic:
“To invent a fake problem… is pitiful — a sign of profound political weakness — and something that I think has now been exposed as the fantasist, B.S. cop-out that it is.”
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Jon Pike retweeted
'Devine’s volume offers a substantial contribution to contemporary sport sociology.'
I appreciate this review despite taking issue with some of the content. It's a serious attempt to engage.
Very welcome.
I appreciate this review despite taking issue with some of the content. It's a serious attempt to engage.
Very welcome.
NEW BOOK REVIEW
«Sex, Gender Identity and Sport» (Routledge), edited by Cathy Devine, addresses the highly contentious debate surrounding sex-based categories in competitive sport. Our reviewer is sport sociologist Alexis Sossa. @tandfsport @cathydevine56
idrottsforum.org/sosale_devine2…
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Jon Pike retweeted
Talking to your child is not abuse.
But the draft Conversion Practices Bill leaves "abuse" for a court to decide. Parents, teachers and therapists could be investigated.
Parliament wants your evidence.
#TalkingIsNotAbuse #HandsOffOurKids
But the draft Conversion Practices Bill leaves "abuse" for a court to decide. Parents, teachers and therapists could be investigated.
Parliament wants your evidence.
#TalkingIsNotAbuse #HandsOffOurKids
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Jon Pike retweeted
NEWS: Colorado follows Arizona and Washington in passing, by state referendum, a ban on cross-sex participation in girls’ sports.
Colorado also appears poised to ban pediatric gender-transition surgeries, which like the sports proposition is at 52%.
Colorado also appears poised to ban pediatric gender-transition surgeries, which like the sports proposition is at 52%.
The Transgender Movement’s Election-Night Reckoning
benryan.substack.com/p/dozens-of-de…
32 Democrats defied trans activists on girls’ sports or minors’ transitions. Five states put trans questions directly to voters. Here is every race and measure. I’ll provide results as they land.
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